41.   Monetary authorities did not disclose details of the dollar purchases.

42.   Senior banker I Nyoman Moena said that the measure would only prevent dollar purchases by housewives and would fail to rein in speculators.

43.   The central bank does not release figures on its dollar purchases until several weeks after an intervention.

44.   The chief dealer at a U.S. bank in Singapore said, however, the rise was coincidental and was caused by a major dollar purchase from a U.S. fund.

45.   The chief dealer at a U.S. bank in Singapore said, however, the rise was coincindental and was caused by a major dollar purchase from a U.S. fund.

46.   The dollar advanced early in the session, when a large U.S. fund in Singapore made a massive dollar purchase in a thin market.

47.   The current account balance also grew because of the massive dollar purchases by the government from the open market, the bank said.

48.   The dollar purchases were funded in equal parts by the Federal Reserve and by the Exchange Stabilization Fund of the Department of the Treasury.

49.   The peso weakened in moderate trading as some banks took profits on previous dollar purchases and others bought pesos to cover their weekly reserve requirements, traders said.

50.   The peso weakened as some banks took profits on previous dollar purchases and others bought pesos to cover their weekly reserve requirements, traders said.